212 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). { Nerine. 
6. N. pudica (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5901); bulb globose, 
about 1 in. diam, ; leaves 4-6, glaucous, contemporary with the flowers, 
suberect, 8—9 in. long, }-3 in. broad ; peduncle slender, subterete, 
1-14 ft. long; umhel centripetal, 4-6-flowered ; pedicels slender, 1-14 
in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 14 in. long; perianth-tube short ; 
limb erect or defiexed, 1}.14 in. long; segments oblanceolate, thin 
in texture, scarcely at all crisped, white with a pink keel upwards; 
stamens declinate, the three longest a little shorter than the perianth- 
segments ; anthers oblong, 4 in. long; ovary globose, 3 in. diam. ; 
style declinate reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments; seeds -— 
globose. Fi des Serres, t. 2464; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 
101. 
Var. 8, N. Elwesii (Hort. Leichtlin) ; leaves much broader, bright green, 
more persistent, distinctly veined, with a prominent midrib; flowers more com- 
pact; pedicels stouter ; perianth-segments pale rose with a darker keel, thicker 
and more wavy. 
Orte1n Dovstrun. History not clearly known. First described from a 
plant that flowered at Kew in 1868. 
7. N. brachystemon (Baker) ; leaves about 5, subterete, glabrous, 
a foot long, $ lin. diam.; peduncle slender, 13 ft. long; umbel 10—20- 
flowered, centripetal ; pedicels stiffly erect, pubescent, 14-2 in. long ; 
spathe-valves as long as the pedicels; perianth bright red; tube 
none; segments linear, rather crisped, ?-{ in. long; stamens not 
more than half as long as the segments; anthers small, oblong ; 
ovary } in, diam., globose, deeply 3-lobed. 
Eastern Reoron : Griqualand Hast, near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1269 ! 
8. N. filifolia (Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6547); bulb globose, under 
1 in. diam., with pale tunics produced a short distance over its neck ; 
leaves 6-10, contemporary with the flowers, grass-green, subulate, 
very slender, suberect, 6-8 in. long; peduncle slender, terete, green, 
finely glandular-pubescent, a foot long; flowers 8—10 in a centripetal 
umbel; pedicels slender, 1-1} in. long; spathe valves lanceolate, 
green, under an inch long; perianth deflexed, bright red, 1 in. long, 
cut down to the ovary ; segments oblanceolate, ungniculate, ~,—} in. 
broad, crisped; stamens declinate, shorter than the perianth-seg- 
ments; anthers oblong, red; ovary globose, green, 4 in. diam.; 
style equalling the longer stamens. 
Katanani Reeion : Orange Free State. Sent to Kew by Mr. Ayres in 1879. 
9. N. undulata (Herb. App. 19); bulb ovoid, 3—1 in. diam. ; 
tunics pale, membranous ; leaves 4-6, linear, contemporary with the 
flowers, bright green, 1-1} ft. long, }-} in. broad; peduncle slender, 
1-1} ft. long ; flowers 8-12 in a centrifugal umbel; pedicels slender, 
1-1} in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, as long as the pedicels; 
perianth-limb pale pink, 8-9 lin. long, cut down very nearly to 
the ovary; segments oblanceolate, much crisped, #, in. broad; 
stamens declinate, about as long as the perianth-segments; ovary 
globose-trigonous, 4-4 in. diam.; style declinate, as long as the 
